Section 8-42-107.5 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Limit on temporary disability payments and permanent partial disability payments(1) A claimant whose impairment rating is nineteen percent or less may not receive more than one hundred eighty-five thousand dollars from combined temporary disability payments and permanent partial disability payments. A claimant whose impairment rating is greater than nineteen percent may not receive more than three hundred thousand dollars from combined temporary disability payments and permanent partial disability payments.(2) For the purposes of this section, any mental impairment rating shall be combined with the physical impairment rating to establish a claimant's impairment rating for determining the applicable cap. For injuries sustained on and after January 1, 2025, the director shall adjust these limits on the amount of compensation for combined temporary disability payments and permanent partial disability payments on July 1, 2025, and each July 1 thereafter, by the percentage of the adjustment made by the director to the state average weekly wage pursuant to section 8-47-106.Amended by 2024 Ch. 389,§ 3, eff. 1/1/2025, app. applies to claims arising on or after 1/1/2025.Amended by 2021 Ch. 384, § 5, eff. 9/7/2021.L. 91: Entire section added, p. 1311, § 16, effective July 1. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 1505, § 1, effective 1/1/2006. L. 2009: Entire section amended, (SB 09-243), ch. 1223, p. 1223, § 4, effective July 1. L. 2010: Entire section amended, (SB 10-187), ch. 1459, p. 1459, § 7, effective 1/1/2011. Section 13(2)(d) of chapter 384 (HB 21-1050), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to injuries occurring on or after September 7, 2021.
2024 Ch. 389, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.